SIXTY-one migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a “tragic shipwreck” off the coast of Libya, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said. The IOM’s Libya office disclosed this in a post on X, saying the boat had about 86 people on it. It said, “61 migrants …
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THE Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has declared that it is a known fact that he won the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. Obi made the declaration on Sunday while speaking on parallel facts, a Twitter spaces interaction. According to him, the truth that he won the 2023 …
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NIGERIA Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has announced that it paid over N1.7 billion to customers of revoked microfinance banks (MFBs) and four primary mortgage bank (PMBs) licenses. According to NAN, Mr Bello Hassan, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NDIC, said this at the 2023 NDIC Editors’ Forum on Saturday in Lagos. …
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VICTOR Osimhen set an important history as Napoli recorded a hard-earned 2-1 victory against Cagliari at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Saturday night. Osimhen scored Napoli’s opening goal in the 64th minute of the keenly contested encounter. In the process, he became the first Napoli player to score …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Saturday sympathized with the ruling Sabah family, the government, and people of the State of Kuwait over the passing of the Emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah. This was contained in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in …
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EDO State governorship aspirants, stakeholders and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee have ruled out zoning in the forthcoming election scheduled for September 21, 2024. This decision was taken on Friday December 14, 2023. The Stakeholders meeting which held at the party’s national secretariat in Wadata Plaza, was …
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It promises to be a spectacular celebration of extraordinary talent as FirstBank, Nigeria’s premier bank takes centre stage as the lead sponsor of the highly anticipated ‘A Night of Queens’ concert. The all-female showcase of musical and creative talents will take place on Sunday, December 17th, 2023, at the prestigious …
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THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), on Saturday, confirmed the outbreak of dengue fever in Sokoto State. NCDC in a statement posted on its website, said the outbreak was detected in November 2023. The statement signed by the NCDC Director General, Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed that so far, …
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THE Labour Party, LP, has dropped its petition against the election of Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara. Fubara was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 gubernatorial poll in Rivers State. Beatrice Itubo, the LP’s governorship candidate in the state, revealed the withdrawal of the petition …
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ACTING Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has ordered the freezing of accounts of local government administrations across the state. Aiyedatiwa took the decision few weeks after the caretaker chairmen for 18 local government areas and the 33 local council development areas were appointed by his boss, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. …
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